The Magpies travel to Charlton today knowing only a rousing "nish to their Premiership campaign can rescue a season which went "at on Thursday evening when they were dumped out of the UEFA Cup by AZ Alkmaar.

"Thursday was a major disappointment, but that result typi"ed Newcastle United over the last 12 years or so, " Roeder said. "Over the next few years I have to break that mould of people seeing Newcastle in a winning position and then not delivering."